From business competitions and speaking engagements to feeding his entrepreneurial spirit, second-year Commerce student Sam Dundas has crammed a lot of valuable experience into his first two years at Dal.

Dal President Richard Florizone offers his thoughts on the new federal budget, which includes funds for research infrastructure, innovation clusters and co-op programming, among other significant investments.

At Thursday night's H漫画 IMPACT Awards, five students will receive Dal鈥檚 top award for exceptional contributions or leadership in student life: Aaron Taylor (Russian Studies), Hasmeet Singh Chandok (Computer Science), Maike van Niekerk (Nursing), Jeremy Ryant (Political Science) and Sarah MacNeil (Recreation Management).

Good Friday is a civic holiday in Canada, but there are many other religious holidays this time of year. Learn about a few of them and how Dal's Multifaith Centre helps support students from many different cultures and faiths.

Camping and sleeping outside of the Rowe Building for nearly a week, members of the H漫画 Commerce Society have raised more than $12,000 for Phoenix Youth Programs.

Although the Bighorns prevailed over the Trojans at the 11th Annual Residence Charity Face-Off, the real winners were IWK Health Centre patients and families, with Dal students raising nearly $15,000.

Less than a day after the new federal budget was presented in Parliament, MP and Dal alumnus Scott Brison was on campus to discuss the budget and its investments in post-secondary education and research with Dal students, faculty and staff.

While it was his love of animals that drew him to Dal's Agricultural Campus, Eric Pace has found his way into studying the unique properties of the increasingly popular Haskap berry.

Jordan Aquino-Serjue is this week's G2 Athlete of the Week.